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An Enchanted April (April 2024 challenge)
Please do not add to this thread until Jazzy has added more details & a template - thank you.All done!
Thanks Tr1sha, what a grand April we're going to have!
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Enchanted Folk:
✅ Jazzy
✅Lynn Happy Retirement Lynn!!
✅ Kathy
✅Nidhi
✅ Nike
✅ Rosemarie
✅ Tr1sha
✅Vicky
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🪷An Enchanted April🪷(April 2024 Challenge)
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🪷1. The Enchanted April, Elizabeth von Arnim, 4/10/24, 5*
🪷2. The Lost Stradivarius, John Meade Falkner, 4/9/24, 4*
Takes place mainly in Oxford, England & in Naples, Italy.
🪷3. The Seventh Sinner, Elizabeth Peters, 4/22/24, 3* - set in Rome, Italy.
🪻☔️An Enchanted April 🪻🌈April 1 to 30: Read books set in Europe
1.A Fugue in Time by Rumer Godden England✅
2.The Zelmenyaners: A Family Saga by Moyshe Kulbak Belarus✅
3.Dix heures en chasse by Jules Verne France✅
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✅1. Study of a Woman - Honoré de Balzac (1830) [France]
✅2. The Seventh Sinner - Elizabeth Peters (1972) [Rome, Italy]
✅3. The Lady with the Little Dog - Anton Chekhov (1888) [Russia]
Rosemarie & Kathy, thanks for signing up. Kathy, you have chosen well. I might copy you & read the Elizabeth Peters book, it looks interesting.
Great to see you all and some great choices here, i can also recommend this book The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1962) - Giorgio Bassani
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✅1. Much Ado About Nothing (1598) - William Shakespeare Takes place in Sicily
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Italian singers Marina Occhiena, Angela Brambati, Angelo Sotgiu and Franco Gatti sitting in a garden and working on a song. They form the band Ricchi e Poveri. Rimini, 1970s.
Jazzy wrote: "Great to see you all and some great choices here, i can also recommend this book The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1962) - Giorgio Bassani
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A wonderful book!
Tr1sha wrote: "Rosemarie & Kathy, thanks for signing up. Kathy, you have chosen well. I might copy you & read the Elizabeth Peters book, it looks interesting."I thought it looked good too. And I have it on audio!
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What to read? This list isn't even firm enough to be called a plan. Maybe ... three books set in Europe?
Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde (1892) 84 pages - partially set in a garden
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1625), 1026 pages (ha!) - He trapses all over the countryside
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë (1848), 576 pages - also quite long - the Garden at Wildfell Hall is supposed to have symbolic significance in this book.
Maybe a couple of short stories?
The Beauties by Anton Chekhov (1888)
I would like to read more by John Wyndham because I think The Day of the Triffids is so much fun.
Rosemarie i loved that book and the photo on the cover is so dreamy! Kathy and Tr1sha I have read a couple Elizabeth Peters, but not that one - yet!
Lynn you could always read The Chrysalids (1955) - John Wyndham
A chrysalid, or chrysalis, is something likely to be found in an Italian garden
Jazzy wrote: "Rosemarie i loved that book and the photo on the cover is so dreamy! Kathy and Tr1sha I have read a couple Elizabeth Peters, but not that one - yet!
Lynn you could always read The Chrysal..."</i>
That one does look good. Also, I haven't started [book:Out of Africa yet, about a Kenyan plantation - gardening.
An Enchanted April(April 2024 Challenge)
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1. The Enchanted AprilbyElizabeth von Arnim✔13/4/24 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2."Read any classic which is set in Italy or another European country."I'm currently plodding through The Giants of French Literature : Balzac, Flaubert, Proust, and Camusand so have decided to use this challenge to try out a little of the reading suggested by Katherine L. Elkins the professor engaged for the course.I really enjoyed doing this with a similar course on Russian classics a few years ago. Not sure how many I'll manage but I know I'll not be attempting Proust in a month!
a)The Magic SkinbyHonoré de Balzac✔9/4/24 ★ ★ ★ ★
b)Madame BovarybyGustave Flaubert✔24/4/24 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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I The Imaginary InvalidbyMolière27/4/24 ★ ★ ★ ★
TThe Birds in the Letter-Box byRené Bazin✔7/4/24 ★ ★ ★ ★
AA Piece of BreadbyFrançois Coppée✔7/4/24 ★ ★ ★ ★
LThe Last Lesson: Alphonse Daudet's Heartfelt FarewellbyAlphonse Daudet✔7/4/24 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Y W.B. Yeats: Selected PoemsbyW.B. Yeats]24/4/24 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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Book set in Italy by an Italian author.
1.The Cloven Viscount by Italo Calvino 5 stars
✿ An Enchanted April ✿Books taking place in Europe:
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2) Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada Publ 1947 Takes place in Germany (obviously (•‿•) )
Jazzy wrote: "Great to see you all and some great choices here, i can also recommend this book The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1962) - Giorgio Bassani
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That one looks up my alley, Jazzy! I’ll be picking that up and one or two others set in Europe.
I too have added this book in my TBR, Jazzy. I am away from home right now and will be back at the end of April. I will try to fit it in coming challenges.
Nike wrote: "✿ An Enchanted April ✿2) Alone in Berlin by [author..."
Nike I chose this a month ago when I saw it on your TBR list-it's a super book-a real eye opener about what life was like in Germany in the war.This was a new author for me -many thanks for the inspiration!
Vicky wrote: "Nike wrote: "✿ An Enchanted April ✿2) Alone in Berlin by [author..."
Nike I chose this a month ago when I saw it on your TBR list-it's a super book-a real eye opener about what..."
Wow! How great that I could inspire by a writer I haven't read yet! ʘ‿ʘ
It is a European classic and a friend of mine has described the book as one of the most outstanding books he has ever read - and he has read a lot. Your comment makes me looking forward to reading it even more! (✿ ♡‿♡)
Well, exciting things are happening. I had thought I might work a couple of more years, but after some financial consulting I have decided to retire! There is just a lot of work to it. I am skipping reading anything this month until things are settled. I will finish this school year and perhaps be a substitute in the future. It's a good move to make, and I am happy.
Lynn wrote: "Well, exciting things are happening. I had thought I might work a couple of more years, but after some financial consulting I have decided to retire! There is just a lot of work to it. I am skippin..."Sounds interesting, I wish you the best and the books will be waiting for you next month (✿ ♡‿♡)
Lynn wrote: "Well, exciting things are happening. I had thought I might work a couple of more years, but after some financial consulting I have decided to retire! There is just a lot of work to it. I am skippin..."Happy retirement! I was a substitute teacher and the flexibility is great, and time for yourself when the work day is over.
Another benefit is being able to go on holiday in the off-peak seasons-and more time to read.
Lynn wrote: "Well, exciting things are happening. I had thought I might work a couple of more years, but after some financial consulting I have decided to retire! There is just a lot of work to it. I am skippin..."Congratulations, Lynn. A difficult decision but very exciting.
Congratulations, Lynn! I’m extremely jealous.I’ve gotten past the halfway mark in The Garden of the Finzi-Continis and it really is a wonderful story. I would normally read nonfiction about this subject so this is really wonderful.
I finished my three books (message #4). I hope everyone is enjoying their chosen books this month.
I've also finished my three books, in message five.
Thanks Kathy. Congratulations Rosemarie. There’s still a week left this month. For those who haven’t completed their challenge, why not try to finish just one book or short story - especially if it will work for a challenge in another group too!
I took Trisha's advice and finished my challenge by switching to two short stories. I've finished - see message 6.
Well done Kathy. I like your book choices - I read The Seventh Sinner after seeing it in your list & have enjoyed Chekhov short stories before.
I've read one of the planned two, see message 21 above. I don't know yet whether I'll manage to finish the second one before the end of this month or not but I'm working on it. (ʘᴗʘ✿)
Congrats on finishing one of your books, Nike!
I finished my one book by Calvino, he continues to amaze me, the book has a weird story but it is a 5 star read for me.
Comgrats, Nidhi! The book after that one, The Baron in the Trees, is my favourite Calvino. It's really good!
Yes Rosemarie, I have read four books by Calvino and they were all 5 stars for me. I am liberal in ratings but author's imagination is really breathtaking.
Now that spring has come…Italy:
🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 Elsa Morante - Lies and Sorcery 1948
🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 Italo Calvino - The Baron in the Trees 1957
🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 Elizabeth von Arnim - The Enchanted April 1922
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The choices are:
1 Read The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
2 Read any classic which is set in Italy or another European country
3 Spell out one or more of these words (using first letter of title, author’s first name, author’s surname)
ENCHANTED
APRIL
ITALY
4 If you still have unread books that you chose for the March gardening challenge you could read one of them in April